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EASILY topping the list of the 25 biggest ports in the world, Shanghai with its 43.5 million TEU in 2020 still leads, reports New Jersey's Insider Monkey as it presents its list of the top 25 seaports.
No 2 is Singapore with its 36.6 million TEU in 2020. It moves a fifth of the world's containers and half of its crude oil. Port operations in Pasir Panjang Terminal and PSA city terminals are to be closed in 2027 to make way for Tuas Mega Port.
No 3 is Ningbo-Zhoushan with its 28.7 million TEU in 2020. The Ningbo-Zhoushan port stretches across a coastline of over 220 kilometres with 19 port areas and over 200 large deepwater berths.
No 4 is Shenzhen with its 26.6 million TEU in 2020. Shenzhen Port refers to a collection of ports along the Shenzhen coastline, and is home to over 40 shipping companies and over 130 international container routes.
No 5 is Guangzhou with its 23.2 million TEU in 2020. Guangzhou boasts a maritime trade which reaches more than 300 ports in at least 80 countries.
No 6 is Qingdao with its 22 million in 2020. Qingdao Port is one of the largest ports in the world.
No 7 is Busan, South Korea, with its 21.6 million TEU in 2020. Busan Port is the largest port in South Korea, accounting for nearly 75 per cent of the total throughput of the country.
No 8 is Tianjin with its 18.4 TEU in 2020. In January 2023, Tianjin Port reported container throughput of 1.73 million TEU, with its throughput expected to reach 21.8 million TEU this year.
No 9 is Hong Kong with its 18 million TEU in 2020. Hong Kong has been integral in its development as a global hub and is among the busiest ports in the world.
No 10 is Rotterdam with its 14.4 million TEU in 2020. Rotterdam Port is the largest port in Europe, and the biggest outside of East Asia, and for decades, from 1962 to 2004, was considered to be the world's busiest port by tonnage.
No 11 is Jebel Ali, Dubai with its 13.5 million TEU in 2020. It is the largest man-made harbour in the world, built in the 1970s to add to facilities at Port Rashid, which is now a cruise terminal, with all port operations moved to Jebel Ali.
No 12 is Port Klang, Malaysia with its 13.2 million TEU in 2020. Port Klang was recently in the news after a child was found in a container in the port.
No 13 is Antwerp with its 12 million TEU in 2020 and is the second-largest European port.
No 14 is Xiamen opposite Taiwan with it 11.4 TEU in 2020. Xiamen handles coal, grain minerals, chemicals, containers, steel and petroleum products among others.
No 15 is Kaohsiung, Taiwan, with its 9.6 million TEU in 2020 is the biggest port in Taiwan, covering a land area of 1,871 hectares and boasts of 137 berths.
No 16 is Tanjung Pelepas, Malaysia, with its 9.9 million TEU in 2020. Tanjung Pelepas is the second largest port in Malaysia and is part of APM Terminals.
No 17 is Los Angeles with its 9.2 million TEU in 2020. The Port of Los Angeles is the largest port in the United States.
No 18 is Hamburg with its 8.7 million TEU in 2020. The largest port in Germany, Hamburg is also the largest railway hub in Europe.
No 19 is Long Beach with its 8.1 million TEU in 2020. Adjoining Los Angeles, the Long Beach occupies 3,200 acres of land and 25 miles of waterfront.
No 20 are the Keihin Ports in Japan with their 8 million TEU in 2020. Keihin Ports consists of the ports of Kawasaki and Yokohama.
No 21 is Laem Chabang, Thailand, with its 7.6 million TEU in 2020. Laem Chabang Port is located 130 kilometres south of the capital Bangkok.
No 22 is New York-New Jersey with its 7.6 million TEU in 2020. The gateway to one of the most concentrated consumer market in the world.
No 23 is Dalian, China with its 6.5 million TEU in 2020. Dalian Port has established trading and shipping links which has more than 300 ports in over 160 countries.
No 24 is Colombo, Sri Lanka with its 6.9 million TEU in 2020. Colombo is the busiest and largest port in the Indian Ocean, and is part of one of the biggest artificial harbours in the world.
No 25 is Tanjung Priok, Jakarta with its 6.2 million TEU in 2020. Tanjung Priok is the most advanced seaport in Indonesia, and is based over 1,000 hectares.